單項(xiàng)選擇題
1、Passage One
Questionsare based on the following passage.
Texting has long been bemoaned (哀嘆) as the downfall of the written word, "penmanship for illiterates," as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL. Texting properly isn't writing at all. It's a "spoken" language that is getting richer and more complex by the year.
First, some historical perspective. Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago, whereas language probably traces back at least 80,000 years. Thus talking came first; writing is just a craft that came along later. As such, the first writing was based on the way people talk, with short sentences. However, while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow. Over time, writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one: "The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and,.."
No one talks like that casually---or should. But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions. In the old days, we didn't much write like talking because there was no mechanism to reproduce the speed of conversation. But texting and instant messaging do---and a revolution has begun. It involves the crude mechanics of writing, but in its economy, spontaneity and even vulgarity, texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.
Take LOL. It doesn't actually mean "laughing out loud" in a literal sense anymore. LOL has evolved
into something much subtler and sophisticated and is used even when nothing is remotely amusing. Jocelyn texts "Where have you been?" and Annabelle texts back "LOL at the library studying for two hours." LOL signals basic empathy (同感) between texters, easing tension and creating a sense of equality. Instead of having a literal meaning, it does something--conveying an attitude-just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning" anything. LOL, of all things, is grammar.
Of course no One thinks about that consciously. But then most of communication operates without being noticed. Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts--meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not, blessed.
Civilization, then, is fine---people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is ruining composition skills. Worldwide people speak differently from the way they write，and texting-quick，casual and only intended to be read once-is actually a way of talking with your fingers．
What do critics say about texting?
A．It is mainly confined to youngsters．
B．It competes with traditional writing．
C．It will ruin the written language．
D．It is often hard to understand.
2、聽(tīng)錄音
回答題
A． Ways of getting extra credits.
B． All requirements of an M.A. degree.
C． The credit hours required for a degree.
D． Taking more optional courses.
3、Questions are based on the passage you have just heard.
第16題答案為
A．To explain a new requirement for graduation.
B．To interest students in a community service project.
C．To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
D．To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.
4、Questions are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A．Her apartment is too far from the campus.
B．Her apartment needs a lot of repair work.
C．She's having trouble with the owner of the apartment.
D．Her roommate won't share expenses.
簡(jiǎn)答題
5、重陽(yáng)節(jié)
重陽(yáng)節(jié)，又稱(chēng)登高節(jié)，為農(nóng)歷九月初九。在重陽(yáng)節(jié)這天，傳統(tǒng)的飲食是重陽(yáng)糕、菊花(chrysanthemum)酒、菊花茶。登高、插茱萸(cornel)和賞菊是重陽(yáng)節(jié)的重要習(xí)俗。這些活動(dòng)不僅增加了重陽(yáng)節(jié)的節(jié)日氣氛，而且據(jù)說(shuō)通過(guò)這些活動(dòng)，還可以避禍免災(zāi)。如今，重陽(yáng)節(jié)已經(jīng)無(wú)法見(jiàn)到插茱萸的風(fēng)俗了，但是很多人仍然習(xí)慣在這一天登高賞菊，觀賞秋天的美景。在中國(guó)的一些地方，重陽(yáng)節(jié)還有祭拜祖先之墓的風(fēng)俗。具有悠久歷史的重陽(yáng)節(jié)已經(jīng)被列入第一批非物質(zhì)(in切rngible)文化遺產(chǎn)名錄。
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7、For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay about Reading can Cure Spiritual Emptiness by referring to the saying "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body．" You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then appeal to everyone to read some worthy books． You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．
8、現(xiàn)在大家都在討論云計(jì)算(cloud computing)，這意味著利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的遠(yuǎn)程計(jì)算的發(fā)展。這對(duì)于中小型企業(yè)來(lái)說(shuō)是好消息，因?yàn)榛谠朴?jì)算的系統(tǒng)為他們提供了大量的工具，能夠?yàn)槠涔?jié)省成本，降低維修的次數(shù)。同許多技術(shù)創(chuàng)新一樣，云計(jì)算的應(yīng)用遇到了傳統(tǒng)的系統(tǒng)和設(shè)想(traditional system and patterns of design)的阻礙。在發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家，大多數(shù)企業(yè)已經(jīng)擁有依賴(lài)于傳統(tǒng)硬件、軟件和常規(guī)的工作方式的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施。而在發(fā)展中國(guó)家，政府和研究機(jī)構(gòu)很希望鼓勵(lì)應(yīng)用價(jià)格便宜的技術(shù)。
9、瑜伽有著六千多年的歷史，起源于印度。古代的瑜伽信徒發(fā)展了瑜伽體系，他們深信通過(guò)運(yùn)動(dòng)身體和調(diào)控呼吸完全可以控制心智和情感(control one’s mind and emotions)，保持身體長(zhǎng)久的健康。瑜伽姿勢(shì)大部分來(lái)源于模仿動(dòng)物的姿態(tài)，達(dá)到鍛煉身心的效果。瑜伽不同于體操和舞蹈，也不同于一般的有氧練習(xí)。只有當(dāng)呼吸、意識(shí)和姿勢(shì)結(jié)合成一體(breathing，mind and posture get into one)時(shí)，才是真正的瑜伽練習(xí)?？梢哉f(shuō)，瑜伽不僅僅是一種運(yùn)動(dòng)方式．也是一種生活態(tài)度。
10、You should write a short essay on the topic On a Harmonious Dormitory Life.
寫(xiě)作導(dǎo)航
1．指出宿舍生活未必和諧；
2．簡(jiǎn)要闡述和諧的宿合生活帶來(lái)的好處；
3．從生活方式、處理矛盾等方面闡述如何創(chuàng)造和保持和諧的宿舍生活；
4．進(jìn)行總結(jié)。
1、Passage One
Questionsare based on the following passage.
Texting has long been bemoaned (哀嘆) as the downfall of the written word, "penmanship for illiterates," as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL. Texting properly isn't writing at all. It's a "spoken" language that is getting richer and more complex by the year.
First, some historical perspective. Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago, whereas language probably traces back at least 80,000 years. Thus talking came first; writing is just a craft that came along later. As such, the first writing was based on the way people talk, with short sentences. However, while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow. Over time, writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one: "The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and,.."
No one talks like that casually---or should. But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions. In the old days, we didn't much write like talking because there was no mechanism to reproduce the speed of conversation. But texting and instant messaging do---and a revolution has begun. It involves the crude mechanics of writing, but in its economy, spontaneity and even vulgarity, texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.
Take LOL. It doesn't actually mean "laughing out loud" in a literal sense anymore. LOL has evolved
into something much subtler and sophisticated and is used even when nothing is remotely amusing. Jocelyn texts "Where have you been?" and Annabelle texts back "LOL at the library studying for two hours." LOL signals basic empathy (同感) between texters, easing tension and creating a sense of equality. Instead of having a literal meaning, it does something--conveying an attitude-just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning" anything. LOL, of all things, is grammar.
Of course no One thinks about that consciously. But then most of communication operates without being noticed. Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts--meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not, blessed.
Civilization, then, is fine---people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is ruining composition skills. Worldwide people speak differently from the way they write，and texting-quick，casual and only intended to be read once-is actually a way of talking with your fingers．
What do critics say about texting?
A．It is mainly confined to youngsters．
B．It competes with traditional writing．
C．It will ruin the written language．
D．It is often hard to understand.
2、聽(tīng)錄音
回答題
A． Ways of getting extra credits.
B． All requirements of an M.A. degree.
C． The credit hours required for a degree.
D． Taking more optional courses.
3、Questions are based on the passage you have just heard.
第16題答案為
A．To explain a new requirement for graduation.
B．To interest students in a community service project.
C．To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
D．To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.
4、Questions are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A．Her apartment is too far from the campus.
B．Her apartment needs a lot of repair work.
C．She's having trouble with the owner of the apartment.
D．Her roommate won't share expenses.
簡(jiǎn)答題
5、重陽(yáng)節(jié)
重陽(yáng)節(jié)，又稱(chēng)登高節(jié)，為農(nóng)歷九月初九。在重陽(yáng)節(jié)這天，傳統(tǒng)的飲食是重陽(yáng)糕、菊花(chrysanthemum)酒、菊花茶。登高、插茱萸(cornel)和賞菊是重陽(yáng)節(jié)的重要習(xí)俗。這些活動(dòng)不僅增加了重陽(yáng)節(jié)的節(jié)日氣氛，而且據(jù)說(shuō)通過(guò)這些活動(dòng)，還可以避禍免災(zāi)。如今，重陽(yáng)節(jié)已經(jīng)無(wú)法見(jiàn)到插茱萸的風(fēng)俗了，但是很多人仍然習(xí)慣在這一天登高賞菊，觀賞秋天的美景。在中國(guó)的一些地方，重陽(yáng)節(jié)還有祭拜祖先之墓的風(fēng)俗。具有悠久歷史的重陽(yáng)節(jié)已經(jīng)被列入第一批非物質(zhì)(in切rngible)文化遺產(chǎn)名錄。
6、
7、For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay about Reading can Cure Spiritual Emptiness by referring to the saying "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body．" You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then appeal to everyone to read some worthy books． You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．
8、現(xiàn)在大家都在討論云計(jì)算(cloud computing)，這意味著利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的遠(yuǎn)程計(jì)算的發(fā)展。這對(duì)于中小型企業(yè)來(lái)說(shuō)是好消息，因?yàn)榛谠朴?jì)算的系統(tǒng)為他們提供了大量的工具，能夠?yàn)槠涔?jié)省成本，降低維修的次數(shù)。同許多技術(shù)創(chuàng)新一樣，云計(jì)算的應(yīng)用遇到了傳統(tǒng)的系統(tǒng)和設(shè)想(traditional system and patterns of design)的阻礙。在發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家，大多數(shù)企業(yè)已經(jīng)擁有依賴(lài)于傳統(tǒng)硬件、軟件和常規(guī)的工作方式的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施。而在發(fā)展中國(guó)家，政府和研究機(jī)構(gòu)很希望鼓勵(lì)應(yīng)用價(jià)格便宜的技術(shù)。
9、瑜伽有著六千多年的歷史，起源于印度。古代的瑜伽信徒發(fā)展了瑜伽體系，他們深信通過(guò)運(yùn)動(dòng)身體和調(diào)控呼吸完全可以控制心智和情感(control one’s mind and emotions)，保持身體長(zhǎng)久的健康。瑜伽姿勢(shì)大部分來(lái)源于模仿動(dòng)物的姿態(tài)，達(dá)到鍛煉身心的效果。瑜伽不同于體操和舞蹈，也不同于一般的有氧練習(xí)。只有當(dāng)呼吸、意識(shí)和姿勢(shì)結(jié)合成一體(breathing，mind and posture get into one)時(shí)，才是真正的瑜伽練習(xí)?？梢哉f(shuō)，瑜伽不僅僅是一種運(yùn)動(dòng)方式．也是一種生活態(tài)度。
10、You should write a short essay on the topic On a Harmonious Dormitory Life.
寫(xiě)作導(dǎo)航
1．指出宿舍生活未必和諧；
2．簡(jiǎn)要闡述和諧的宿合生活帶來(lái)的好處；
3．從生活方式、處理矛盾等方面闡述如何創(chuàng)造和保持和諧的宿舍生活；
4．進(jìn)行總結(jié)。